Alumni

Name: Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) Srinivasan Hometown: Chennai, India Currently Residing: Gainesville, FL Current job: Associate Professor at the University of Florida Graduated from UT: December 2004 Hobbies outside of work: Traveling with family, playing with kids What projects did you work on while you were at CTR? While pursuing my Masters, I worked on a project …

Name: Ray Derr Hometown: Arlington, TX Currently Residing: Work in DC, live in Reston, VA Current job: Project Manager for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board Graduated from UT: 1981 BSCE, 1991 MSCE Hobbies outside of work: Running to clear my mind and singing with the Reston Chorale to do something creative in a …

Name: Jeffrey LaMondia Hometown: Enfield, CT Currently Residing: Auburn, AL Current job: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University Graduated from UT: 2010 Hobbies outside of work: I love music—both playing in the local Wind Ensembles and attending concerts (I try to make it back to Austin City Limits Music Festival as frequently as I …

Name: Tom Fowler Hometown: Baltimore Currently Residing: Austin Current job: Vice President with Kimley-Horn Graduated from UT: 1994 Hobbies outside of work: Kid, kids, kids! Most of our time is spent traveling around Texas to tennis tournaments for my son and swim meets for my daughter. We also love mountain biking and spending as much …

Name: Rachel Copperman Hometown: Arlington, Virginia Currently Residing: Austin, Texas Current job: Senior Associate at Cambridge Systematics Year Graduated from UT: PhD in 2008 Hobbies outside of work: Playing tennis What projects did you work on while you were at CTR? Under Dr. Bhat, I worked on the development of the Comprehensive Econometric Microsimulator of …

Name: Jianming Ma Hometown: Xinjiang, China Currently residing: Austin, Texas Current job: Transportation Engineer at the Texas Department of Transportation Year graduated from UT: 2006 Hobbies outside of work: Chess and Basketball What projects did you work on while you were at CTR? I worked on an NCHRP research project investigating safety impacts and other implications of raised …

The Cockrell School hosts many events throughout the year that provide opportunities for interaction among alumni, faculty, and students. The Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department has a great resource online now: presentations by the four Spring 2015 Alumni Luncheon Speakers. These include Randy Machemehl speaking about the future of traffic flows in Austin, Des Lawler about the future of water flows in Texas, …

Name: Yi-Chang Chiu Hometown: Taiwan Currently Residing: Tucson, Arizona Current job: Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona and founder of Metropia Inc. Graduated from UT: PhD in 2002 Hobbies outside of work: Back when I had the time, I loved to watch and play sports, and sing. I played volleyball, …